NAB files reference against six Pesco officials

Illegal restoration of convict

PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Monday filed a reference against six Pesco officials for their alleged involvement in illegally restoring services of a NAB convict, who was former store manager in Wapda.

An official of the NAB said that the Bureau had filed a reference of over Rs4.8 million against six officials of Pesco in an accountability court. The reference was filed against director general human resource Syed Chand Badshah Bukhari, former manager human resource Muhammad Iqbal, former deputy manager Said Khan, former assistant manager Abdul Lateef and former superintendent Azizur Rehman. The NAB official said that they were allegedly charged for illegally restoring the service of the NAB convicted employee Ijaz Khan, former store manager in Wapda.

The NAB claimed in the reference that Ijaz Khan was sent home in 2004 on compulsory retirement. It said that the NAB then in 2006 completed investigation against him and filed a corruption case against him, in which he was convicted.

It was stated that the accused Ijaz again in connivance with the accused officials restored himself through an illegal way, resulting in loss of millions of rupees to the national exchequer. The NAB completed investigation and filed the reference against the accused officials in the accountability court. There are 14 official witnesses against the accused in the case.